[jQuery] Re: How do I return false if no elements found using XPath?

[Klaus Hartl]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am trying to find a particular parentElement without knowing the ID.
If not I need to find a different element. SO:
var parentXpath = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@id="+obj.id+"]/..
[EMAIL PROTECTED]";

if (*noobjectfound*) {
find new object
}

How can I do this?

I did the following once I needed something similiar:

$('#item, #other-item')

I knew that #item could not exist but #other-item does. So:

$('#item, #other-item').eq(0).show();

If #item exists that one gets shown, if not #other-item will. Kind of 
build-in if-clause so to say.



--Klaus